Netflix's new true crime series about the notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has left viewers terrified by its disturbing portrayal.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story sees actor Evan Peters portraying the "Milwaukee Cannibal", with the show's events taking place between the 1970s to the early 1990s.
For 13 years, one of America’s most twisted serial killers brutally murdered and dismembered the bodies of 17 men and boys - many of them non-white and some underage - until his capture by the police and imprisonment in 1992.
The ten-part series is narrated through the lives of the victims who were affected by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed Dahmer to run amok and continue his killing spree.
Watch the trailer below:Since the show - which was created by the American Horror Story's Ryan Murphy - arrived on the platform on September 22, many viewers have already found the gruesome scenes too much to handle.
One user wrote: "The new Netflix show of Jeffrey Dahmer… couldn’t even get the first show done without wanting to throw up. We know what the f*** he did, but this was disgustingly horrifying."
Another shared: "Dahmer series so sick and dark definitely had to turn it off."
A third commented: "I just tried watching that new Jeffrey Dahmer show on Netflix and I had to shut it off the energy it was giving was so dark."
A fourth said: "This Jeffrey Dahmer show sum serious, unbelievable, gruesome and very much disturbing."
On another hand, viewers have praised the series for not glamorizing the serial killer as it paints him as a monster and also focuses on mistakes made by the Wisconsin police forces during their search for him.
One user wrote: "If anyone thinks that the Dahmer series was made to glorify another serial killer, it definitely doesn't. It left me with tears in my eyes and had me sick to my stomach, and 100% paints him as the monster he was."
While another said: "I was kinda p***ed that there was another Jeffrey Dahmer show on Netflix but I think this one was needed. Most of the time serial killer shows get portrayed with an attractive persona. And sometimes they almost glorify the actual person. But this new show is just repulsing."
Most of Dahmer's murders involved necrophilia and cannibalism. Although he had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, and psychotic disorder, he was found to be legally sane to attend his trial.
The twisted killer was convicted of 16 murders but met his demise at the age of 34 after he was beaten to death by another inmate in 1994 - two years into his sentence.
The series also stars Molly Ringwald as Shari Dahmer, Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland, Richard Jenkins as Lionel Dahmer, and Michael Beach as Detective Murphy.
You can watch all 10 episodes of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix now.
